SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE

SSIRI 2010 is the fourth annual conference technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Reliability Society with a focus on software security and reliability. It brings together a wide range of researchers and practitioners to present their on-going ideas, experiences, and outcomes of most recent research, and to exchange their best-of-breed practices for developing reliable, secure, and trustworthy software systems in a more effective and efficient way. It not only allows the academic community to gain an increased awareness of the areas that are vital to the software industry, but it also grants practitioners an opportunity to express their needs. The conference will be held at the National University of Singapore with three major tracks: research papers, fast abstracts and the student doctoral program. Additional workshops with more focused topics will also be held concurrently.
TOPICS OF INTEREST

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
# Security, Reliability, Availability, and Safety of Software Systems
# Fault Tolerance for Software Reliability Improvement
# Modeling, Prediction, Simulation, and Evaluation
# Validation, Verification, and Testing
# Metrics, Measurements, and Analysis
# Software Integration
# Methods and Theories
# Automation and Tools
# Industry Best Practices
# Benchmark and Empirical Studies

IMPORTANT DATES

# October 15, 2009:
Workshop proposals due
# January 8, 2010:
Regular papers due
# February 10, 2010:
Workshop papers due
# February 10, 2010:
Fast Abstract Track due
# February 10, 2010:
Student Doctoral Program due
# March 10, 2010
Author notification
# April 1, 2010:
Camera-ready and author registration due

PAPER SUBMISSION

# Submit Regular Papers to SSIRI 2010
# Submit Fast Abstracts to SSIRI 2010
# Submit Student Doctoral Program Papers to SSIRI 2010

INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS OF REGULAR PAPERS

Submit original papers (not published or submitted elsewhere) with a maximum of ten pages. Include the title of the paper, the name and affiliation of each author, a 150-word abstract, and up to 6 keywords. The format of your submission must follow the IEEE conference proceedings format.

The authors of a number of selected papers of special merit will be invited to submit an extended version of their papers for possible publication in a special journal issue.
INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS OF FAST ABSTRACTS

The objective of fast abstracts is to report on-going work, describe practical experiences, introduce new ideas to promote further validation, or state positions on controversial issues. Each fast abstract can have a maximum of two pages using the IEEE conference proceedings format.
INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS OF STUDENT DOCTORAL PROGRAM

The objective of the Student Doctoral Program is to encourage students to attend SSIRI and present their work, exchange ideas with researchers and practitioners, and get early feedback on their research efforts. Submit original papers (not published or submitted elsewhere) with a maximum of six pages using the IEEE conference proceedings format. Each submission should include the title of the paper, the name and affiliation of each author, a 150-word abstract, and up to 6 keywords. The first author must be a student (the advisor or non-student collaborators may be co-authors). Once accepted the paper should be presented by a student.